Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- View from Station Rise
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Bootham School
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Norman Window Frame
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Cawood Sword
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Rebuilt in Stone